FiniteBanjo

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -5 points 3 hours ago (6 children)

Except for the part where an Empire involves conquering foreign lands.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 5 points 3 hours ago

Oh, great, we needed more of those. /s

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (8 children)

From your source:

The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. The doctrine was central to American grand strategy in the 20th century.

President James Monroe first articulated the doctrine on December 2, 1823, during his seventh annual State of the Union Address to Congress (though it was not named after him until 1850). At the time, nearly all Spanish colonies in the Americas had either achieved or were close to independence. Monroe asserted that the New World and the Old World were to remain distinctly separate spheres of influence, and thus further efforts by European powers to control or influence sovereign states in the region would be viewed as a threat to U.S. security. In turn, the United States would recognize and not interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal affairs of European countries.

Honestly I think that is far too generous a description for Monroe, but it blatantly is Anti-Imperialist as described in that text.

I acknowledge the CIA have done horrible things in South America, but the USA has not forcefully consumed more land since the 1850s, ignoring small island nations caught in disputes such as the USA Guano Islands Act much of which was later reclaimed by the UK, and the lands taken control over during WWII after the Dai Nippon Empire had colonized them and then lost grounds during said war.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -1 points 5 hours ago

My problem with VTubers is I've never met one that doesn't stand up in defense of TikTok. They're all complicit.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 5 hours ago

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 5 hours ago

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But the reverse direction.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

He was on his way until 77,302,580 people put him back in the white house while 9 Million people who voted for Biden didn't show up at all for Harris.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 11 hours ago

Technically he was still seeing trial over his election obstruction, he just didn't make it to sentencing before his reelection.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I'm sorry, are you saying Truman started the war with Japan?

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure the exact ruling allows forgiveness for all "official acts" which brings up the question of whether going to war without congressional approval counts as an official act. The president does not have the authority to do this.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -2 points 12 hours ago

No, of course not, but relevant all the same.

 
 

Anybody know how to fix this problem? I don't see any settings that mention videos or autoplay. I'm not terribly interested in unsolicited peeing and jerking videos.

 

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